Description: 3'1" and muscular, this western woman dresses in red turtlenecks beneath a tan coat with pastel slacks. Her silver hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Her childhood dream was to be a Cook, but she was a colossal failure. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and balancing her hectic life and new assassin responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Bonds: Religious, Nature, Job. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 6000 cp. Chrysoprase (40 gp).

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. With wild black hair. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: Virra was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south.

Ideals: Justice, Logical, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 400 sp. Peridot (20 gp). Black pearl (700 gp).

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 5'3" and sports white clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. With bright chestnut hair and a scraggly beard. His brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the west. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Disciplined, Persistence. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, In love. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Masterwork Heavy wooden shield.

Description: Standing 3'3", this man likes to wear white tank tops with red pants. He wears his silver hair down. His blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Guardian. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 300 sp. Hematite (13 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy white stubble. He is wearing a long, yellow cloak. He has a hunchback. His hair is short and white. His hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his mother. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and he is greedy

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, In love. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 400 sp.